The Encyclopedia
of World Problems
& Human Potential

Human physical suffering

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Dependence on human physical suffering

Incidence

The majority of the earth's population, and their children, suffer chronically from some form or forms of physical suffering because they are deprived of fundamental human necessities -- because they do not have enough to eat, or do not have a balanced diet, or do not have a reliable or clean water supply, or must live in disease-infested condition, or do not have access to needed medical care or supplies.

Broader

Narrower

Stress in human beings

Voluntary physical suffering

Harmful effects of sensory deprivation

Death and disability from inhumane confinement

Faim

Aggravates

Human death ^{[in 11 loops]}

Aggravated by

Human ageing

Human disease and disability

Hazards to human health in the natural environment

Strategy(ies)

Relieving human physical suffering

Using human physical suffering

Value(s)

Type

(B) Basic universal problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

www.uia.org

You are here

Human physical suffering

About the Encyclopedia

About UIA